Electronics

[Icegoddess]

I just had ATT out to fix a problem with mine and he didn't say anything about it.  My husband and I had a discussion recently about VOIP.  He thought I had it and I didn't think so.  His phone is VOIP.  The guy told me mine was not VOIP and that I would need to have ATT Internet go get it (with them).  DH's phone line is with our internet provider.  

As much as I'm paying for a landline w/no long distance, I am considering giving it up.  I mostly liked having it do to E-911, and it did come in handy when we were out of power for a week after tornadoes came through and took out the main transmission lines coming into the town.  However, none of my portable phones worked.  I do still have a princess phone though although I don't currently have it plugged into the system. Easy to do in an emergency though. 

[SilleeMee]

I've had a VOIP phone since 2016 when my landline company wouldn't fix the 'wiring'...I had no phone service for months so I switched to VOIP (Ooma service). It's free, just pay for the box and use your own landline phone. 

I also have a battery backup for my phone, router and laptop.

[On It]

@cheriere The phone system on our farms is a wire on a utility pole. The wiring connects to the phones in the house. Are your phones attached to a wire, too?  The phone works even in a power outage. It operates independently from the power company. I hope those work forever.

[Nightowlz]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Nightowlz.  Would you please mention where you're talking about?

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@Kachina624 

The phone companies are doing away with the old copper analog system they have been using.

It's going digital with VoIP which is Voice Over Internet Protocol. It uses your Internet connection to make or receive phone calls. 

If your power or internet go out you won't be able to make a call unless you have some type battery back-up.

[cheriere]

@On It   Yes, thankfully that's the way they are here too.  I know in terrible weather, this is the only connection we have to the outside world.

[SilleeMee]

@On It 

VOIP phones are connected by a wire, too. But that wire is from an internet modem/router so when the power goes out you lose the phone and the internet unless you have a battery backup.

[Nightowlz]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

@Nightowlz Who is "they"? What is the source of this information?

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@Love my grandkids 

One of my sisters sent me some info.  She wanted to get her landline installed after she got rid of it. She already has VoIP so not going to bother.

I'm listing info I read at Sky News that came up when I search landlines end 2025. All kinds of info about it. 

[On It]

@SilleeMee Thank you for the explanation. I had no idea what you all were discussing. (VOIP)  The phone lines on the farms are old school. They were installed by a rural telephone cooperative well before the cell phone era. I hope they will continue to be maintained.

[Bookplate]

There's actually an article about landline phones in today's NYT entitled:  "Landline Users Remain Proudly "Old-Fashioned" in the Digital Age".

[Mz iMac]

@Nightowlz"I read at Sky News"  

Sky News is UK based broadcasting.  Your post has nothing to do w/phones in the USofA!  You must have blinked a few times to many when reading their article.